Movie·1915·3h 13m
The Birth of a Nation
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Country
United States of America
Language
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The Story
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
Written By
Frank E. Woods
Producer
H.E. Aitken, D.W. Griffith
Cinematography
Joseph Carl Breil
Music
Jon Mirsalis
Editor
Joseph Henabery
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter Long
Gus
Robert Harron
Tod
Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
Dr. Cameron
George Beranger
Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee
Mammy
Donald Crisp
Gen. U.S. Grant
// crew
Crew
Frank E. Woods
Screenplay
H.E. Aitken
Executive Producer
Joseph Carl Breil
Director of Photography
Jon Mirsalis
Original Music Composer
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
Joseph Henabery
Editor
James Smith
Editor
Rose Smith
Editor
Raoul Walsh
Editor
D.W. Griffith
Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Director
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